Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-224) and index.
Contents:
The synthetic aspect / Matthew Clark --The mimetic aspect / Matthew Clark -- The thematic aspect / Matthew Clark -- Narrative as rhetoric and the MTS model / James Phelan -- The mimetic, the synthetic, and the criterion of correspondence; or audiences, the mimetic illusion, and ghosts / James Phelan -- The thematic and the relation between comprehensiveness and correspondence / James Phelan -- MTS, fictionality, and nonfiction: Tobias Wolff’s “Old China” / James Phelan -- “Yes, but . . .” / Matthew Clark.
Summary:
"Two narratologists engage in a lively debate about three core concepts in rhetorical narratology, the mimetic, thematic, and synthetic. Grounded in narratives ranging from the Iliad to Beloved, the debate shows the power of both narrative theory and narrative itself"-- Provided by publisher.
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